"Frankly" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shuō shí huà to speak the truth / truth to tell / frankly
 tǎn yán to say candidly / to acknowledge frankly
 shuō bái le to speak frankly
 kǎn kǎn ér tán to speak frankly with assurance
 kāi chéng bù gōng lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table
 zhèng to admonish / to warn sb of their errors / to criticize frankly / Taiwan pr. [zheng1]
 zhí jiàn to admonish sb frankly / direct criticism
 zhèng chén official who dares speak frankly before the emperor
 zhèng jiàn to criticize frankly / to admonish
 xiǎo gāng pào (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
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